Growing artificial societies : social science from the bottom up / Joshua M. Epstein and Robert Axtell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Epstein, Joshua M., 1951-

Contributor:

Axtell, Robert.

2050 Project.

Series:

Complex adaptive systems

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

xv, 208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1996]

Summary:

Growing Artificial Societies is a milestone in social science research. It vividly demonstrates the potential of agent-based computer simulation to break disciplinary boundaries. It does this by analyzing in a unified framework the dynamic interactions of such diverse activities as trade, combat, mating, culture, and disease. It is an impressive achievement.'

Notes:

"A product of the 2050 Project, a collaborative effort of the Brookings Institution, the Santa Fe Institute, and the World Resources Institute."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-202) and index.

ISBN:

0262050536

0262550253

0262550261

OCLC:

35068114